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"john Byrne handles the pencils adeptly, constructing them within highly kinetic layouts (...). Bob Layton comes through as one of Byrne's most compatible inkers, adding panache as well as definition."
http://pencilink.blogspot.de/2008/12/marvel-premiere-47-john-byrne-art.html
"There are some terrific artistic touches in this first part of the two-part tale. Layton was probably second only to Terry Austin in terms of meshing with Byrne's still Neal Adams-esque style in those days (although rumour at the time had it Byrne disliked Layton's inks), and the shots of Ant-Man's gleaming helmet or the Zip-A-Toned helmets on the CTE thugs gave the art a real shine that came through even on the crappy paper the books were printed on. Byrne has some fun with the angles, as any clever artist working with a shrinking hero always does..."
http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/commentary_081104.html
The 1st appearance of the 'new style' Ant-Man from 1979 has found its way into my collection.
http://pencilink.blogspot.de/2008/12/marvel-premiere-47-john-byrne-art.html
"There are some terrific artistic touches in this first part of the two-part tale. Layton was probably second only to Terry Austin in terms of meshing with Byrne's still Neal Adams-esque style in those days (although rumour at the time had it Byrne disliked Layton's inks), and the shots of Ant-Man's gleaming helmet or the Zip-A-Toned helmets on the CTE thugs gave the art a real shine that came through even on the crappy paper the books were printed on. Byrne has some fun with the angles, as any clever artist working with a shrinking hero always does..."
http://www.comicbookgalaxy.com/commentary_081104.html
The 1st appearance of the 'new style' Ant-Man from 1979 has found its way into my collection.
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About John Byrne
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born American comic-book writer and artist. Since the mid-1970s, Byrne has worked on many major American superheroes. Byrne's better-known work has been on Marvel Comics’ X-Men and Fantastic Four and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ Superman franchise, the first issue of which featured comics' first variant cover.
